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Entrepreneurship: Fundamentals for Academics Starting a Biotech Company

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We just passed the 40th anniversary of the biotech industry, a birth made possible by the confluence of a seminal patent in recombinant DNA technology, the successful IPO of the first biotech company Genentech, validation of a Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for recombinant DNA technology, and key legislation empowering academic institutions to commercialize […]

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$74 million Series B Funding for Tvardi Therapeutics

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As a Co-Founder and former Chairman of the Board I’m excited to announce that we’ve closed a $74 million Series B round of financing at Tvardi Therapeutics. Proceeds from this financing will be used to advance Tvardi’s product candidates through multiple clinical data readouts in mid-stage trials for cancer and fibrosis. Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. (“Tvardi”),

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Ron DePinho one of several honored with 2020 AACR Team Science Awards

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The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is recognizing the founding members of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the current project team with 2020 AACR Team Science Awards. These teams will be honored during the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting II on June 24. The Cancer Genome Atlas was launched in 2006 as a joint

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KRLD Radio Interview

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Some Covid Survivors Face Long-Term Consequences HOUSTON (1080 KRLD)- The majority of people who get the virus will get well without serious complications. Some may not even show symptoms. But a small minority, about five percent, do get seriously ill and require hospitalization. That group is at risk for developing pulmonary fibrosis, which is a

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Evan Baehr, CEO of Teneo Interviews Ron DePinho

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During the Coronavirus Crisis Teneo has launched a daily leadership briefing to serve its 1,000+ members/allies who run tech companies, work in the White house, lead pharmaceutical companies, and more. Ron DePinho joined the Sit Room on April 30, 2020 as a guest of the program View Video

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Overcoming Covid-19 is Just the First Hurdle of a Much Longer Journey

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While a longer recovery course might be expected for someone such as Herbert who faced a more severe illness, there’s also concern for more permanent lung damage, according to Dr. Ronald DePinho* – co-founder of Tvardi Therapeutics. DePinho is particularly worried that the immune response to Covid-19 may cause irreversible scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis.

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Immune cells enables escape from oncogenic KRAS dependency in pancreatic cancer

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Tumor microenvironment remodeling enables bypass of oncogenic KRAS dependency in pancreatic cancer. Authors: Pingping Hou, Avnish Kapoor, Qiang Zhang, Jiexi Li, Chang-Jiun Wu, Jun Li, Zhengdao Lan, Ming Tang, Xingdi Ma, Jeffrey J Ackroyd, Raghu Kalluri, Jianhua Zhang, Shan Jiang, Denise J. Spring, Y. Alan Wang and Ronald A. DePinho Abstract Oncogenic KRAS (KRAS*) is

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Looming Health Crisis: Long Term Effects from Covid-19

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As our nation experiences the initial peak and abatement of Covid-19 infections and deaths, many will reflect on what we could have done better and how we could have acted sooner. It is clear Covid-19 will be an event that will reshape society in lasting ways. As we look to the future, we can anticipate

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Every American Should Wear a Face Mask to Defeat Covid-19

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To mask, or not to mask? That is the question. And it needs an answer — YES — right away. Look at photographs or video of people walking in the Czech Republic or Hong Kong, two countries where the Covid-19 epidemic appears to be contained, and almost everyone is wearing a face mask. In the

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COVID-19

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At this moment, humanity is battling the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Many loved ones have been directly affected by contracting the disease, and others indirectly by economic hardship. With COVID-19, immunocompromised individuals such as cancer patients must stay vigilant in protecting themselves. Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose

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